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Lot 1855

PATA - (PITCHWAI)

Estimated Value:

2.000 € - 3.000 €

Result:

1.295 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

India, Rajasthan, 19th c.
241 x 231 cm
Pigment on cotton. Depicting "Krishna" incorporating "Shrinathji", as a seven year old boy. "Shrinatji" is dressed in saffron color. For Hindus the saffron color is considered holy and dedicated to their Saints. A woman and a man are worshipping him. Grafically interesting background, based on all-over square and romboid patterns.
From an important private collection in northern Germany, collected mainly in India from the early 1950s to the 1980s - Minor wear, slightly stained